Lee’s Caribbean experience puts him in a leading position: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mickey-Arthur-c1969 – Cricket News Update
The Australian team’s head coach, Mickey Arthur, has emphasized the need for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419 to take up responsibility as a leading figure for the Aussie bowlers, owing to his prior experience in the Caribbean.
“Brett needs to lead by example,” Arthur said. “He needs to set the trend for us and let the other guys follow.”
The 35-year-old pacer is one of the six players in the current Australian ODI line-up who have played in the Caribbean, and his experience is even more valuable among the bowlers, as he and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 are the only ones to have bowled in local conditions.
“Outside of Brett it's still a fairly young and inexperienced attack,” Arthur admitted. “Brett's the only one who's played here so he certainly needs to lead the way and share a lot of his experiences with the rest of the bowling attack.”
Aside from Lee, the bowling attack features the young pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BW-Hilfenhaus-c1204,
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804 – all promising, but inexperienced.
Lee, who has played 212 One-Days with 369 wickets at an average of 23.06, recently recovered from a toe injury, and insisted on playing through pain for his side in the tri-series, taking 3 for 59 in the last final against Sri Lanka. He will undoubtedly
be looking to make up for lost time in the Windies – his third tour of the Caribbean.
The team wrapped up their home summer fairly recently, after winning the final and consequently the tri-series, against Sri Lanka in Adelaide on March 8, and moved on immediately to their tour of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760. In addition to fatigue, the players will
be facing unfamiliar foreign conditions, and while Arthur admits that it is likely to be tough, he adds that it is “part and parcel of touring.”
With the first ODI of the 5-match series scheduled to kick off on March 16 at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St Vincent, the team will be utilizing the ground for their training sessions prior to the commencement of the series.
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